最親切 The Most Heartfelt

上個月，大觀禪師到韓國無上寺。這天，當她教導一群居士時，一位女居士含著微笑，從容地發問。

女居士 : 請問德山禪師的「棒打」，臨濟禪師的「喝」，俱胝禪師豎起「一指」，及崇山禪師的 「元點」，哪一個才是最親切？

禪師 : 你的笑容最親切。

所有居士都大笑起來。

Last month Zen Master Dae Kwan visited Mu Sang Sa in Korea. When she was teaching a group of lay students, one of them asked her a question with a beautiful smile.

Student : Duk Sahn Zen Master’s hit, Lin Chi Zen Master’s Katz, Gu Ji Zen Master’s one finger and Seung Sahn Zen Master’s primary point. Which teaching is the most heartfelt?

Zen Master : Your smile is the most heartfelt.

All the students laughed and were very happy with the answer.

評論

有親切就有不親切，有好就有壞，我們經常因別人的問題而令到自己陷入相對的處境，有時對方甚至非要讓你站在令他滿意的立場，才肯放你一馬。事實上如果你有任何的立場，最終將會帶來一方的不滿，那你該怎麼辦？學禪就是離二邊，回到「元點」，亦就是思維之前。最親切就是發自你的內心，那麼你便可以與任何人或事情相應，是嗎？

Commentary

If you have “heartfelt,” then you have “not heartfelt”. If you have good, then you have bad. Based on someone’s question, we often fall into an “opposites” situation. Sometimes that someone will put you in a situation in which you have to give them an answer that they feel satisfied with before they let you go. In fact, you take sides and then the other side will be very unhappy. Zen practice is about not attaching to dualistic thinking. Return to our primary point which is before thinking. The most heartfelt answer appears inside your mind. This way, you can relate to any person and any situation, isn’t that so?